Quote: Originally Posted by dBs I just make sure to have it playing something at all times. Either Im listening to it or its playing pink noise in a continuous loop (pink noise file from here: Burn-in wave files: white noise, pink noise, frequency sweep, channel mix). At night, when I...

Quote: Originally Posted by Drosera Ha, this is getting very off topic, but what the hey. If your phono input sounds bass heavy you can rest assured it's RIAA equalized, however it might be that it's not equalized very well. So in that case, a separate phono amplifier and connecting...

Quote: Originally Posted by dBs 59 Hours of burn in so far and the bass has DEFINITELY toned down. It is sounding more neutral and balanced in weight (despite being Soft 2). Only a little bit of bass emphasis still lingering, right where I would like it to be honestly. Now the goal is...

Quote: Originally Posted by csroc Quite the pricey cartridge. Anyway, are you talking about connecting your turntable directly to the Compass? If so the results will be less than desirable, you want to have the RIAA equalization to restore correct tonal balance among other things. A...

Quote: Originally Posted by csroc Clicking multi and then hitting quote on the last one isn't working? Well you can do what I sometimes do which is open each quote in separate tabs and copy what you want from one tab to another until you've got the posts you want to reply to in a single...

Quote: Originally Posted by Pricklely Peete Hi fellow DT Metal Man !!! The 650's do great with any genre IMO. If your receiver has a phono stage (I'm willing to bet it does) then look for a Tape out section on the rear of the receiver (record out or tape out) and use that to...

Quote: Originally Posted by tinseljim Serpentd said: "By the way, how does everyone keep track of the amount of time they have on their equipment? Is there a special Hobbs meter that I'm not aware of. I just don't see how people keep track of this when they have so many different...

Quote: Originally Posted by Currawong This should be easy: Hook the CD into one of the digital inputs, such as coax or optical. Hook your computer in via USB. Hook your turntable in to the "Line In". When you want to switch from computer to CD, use the middle knob. When you want to use...

Quote: Originally Posted by Drosera Actually, potentially things like extreme metal would benefit enormously from better equipment. It's all about fast transients and resolving very dense music. All of these are real challenges to audio equipment. The problem is, of course, that most...

Quote: Originally Posted by thelsuman Man...the wait is KILLING me!! I now have 2 headphones (Grado SR325i & Sennheiser HD650) and nothing to properly drive them. I'm dying to try these HP's with something worthy of them, but like some others, I passed on being one of "the thirty", &...

Quote: Originally Posted by sandchak For the rest - all 30 upgraded Compass shipped including 120V !! guess we are in for a party.. Well that's weird since I haven't received ANY email yet let alone the tracking other then my confirmation email a few weeks back, or how ever long...

Cool man. Thank you both (Drosera and sandchak) very much for you input and pointing me in the right direction already. I'll be sure to read the info you pointed out. After all I'll want to get this puppy up and running within the first 5 minutes of it getting here, I just need to decide what to...

Wow, I sure hope this has some instructions with it for basic hook up and functions. I'm brand new to this stuff with the Compass being my first ever piece of headphone equipment. I'm getting one of the 30, so not exactly sure when you would want to use some of those RCA connectors. Not to...

Quote: Originally Posted by labrat Now as most stores selling music CD's/SACD's are closing down (they do here!), have you tried Amazon.com ? I have yes, sort of. I seem to get side tracked there pretty easy. But I'll dig deeper and try and stay on track. Thanks for the heads up!

Quote: Originally Posted by Uncle Erik Yes. And I encourage you to pick up a SACD player if you enjoy jazz and classical. You'll find wonderful recordings and plenty to choose from in classical. Don't mean to derail the thread or anything, but I had a quick question if you don't...

Well, everybody is different when it comes to this. Even though I just started this hobby (with 325i's no less), I can say that it would be pretty rare if ever that I sell any of my equipment, I'm also somewhat of a pack rat so to speak though. I always seem to find a use for it at one time or...

I can respect you question, however I do believe that 99.9% of most people would go straight for the RS-1. They're not 3.5X more $$ for looks, but it also doesn't mean it's the sound your looking for. This is however one of those very rare cases that you will probably NEVER find a brand new set...

Quote: Originally Posted by csroc Depends on your display resolution & size. What you see on your screen is not scaled properly. The illustrator file on my computer is measured as best I can with a digital caliper to match the panels on the Compass and certain dimensions are taken from...

Quote: Originally Posted by edselfordfong are these images the actual size? It might not look cluttered if its larger. I'm fairly certain that it's of proper size, exactly in fact.

Quote: Originally Posted by csroc I can, I just haven't gotten around to it yet. I actually like them to the left myself. I like them on the left as well. It's a tad cluttered with them all on the bottom plus might be difficult to see the selector switch icons under a knob like that.

Quote: Originally Posted by Chu Since this is turning into a community project of sorts, someone here really could write up a nice instruction guide, maybe even with a bit beyond the basics too (topology, etc.). Most of the Chinese hi-fi equipment I've seen has god awful manuals and...

Quote: Originally Posted by sandchak 1000 bucks I feel is a lot of money to start this hobby - atleast I consider myself fotunate to have compass for the price of 258 + ship, to me its a steal really.. I have learnt something from my past experiance and I'll share that with you, if I...

Quote: Originally Posted by Joeoboe There is nothing up on his site about it, I had been discussing with him the idea about making a series of components to match the Compass and he told me he is already working on an amp and gave me the dimensions... you could email him and ask him...

Quote: Originally Posted by Joeoboe Another item in the works is an amp that Kingwa is designing to match the looks and dimensions (it is 25mm taller) of the Compass. You may want to see how this works out. I think he was shooting for late March. I'm guessing you were quoting me...

Quote: Originally Posted by mbd2884 He also accepts Western Union, which I used, worked out fine, he got my payment within hours and verified. Very easy. Thank you both (Les Garten and mbd2884) for spelling that out for me in terms that helped me understand everything. Well I...